On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 06:38:51PM -0800, peter.clark at tides.com wrote: > So I finally got a DiskOnKey today off of Ebay (some guy is > selling the 8mb version for $30, which is $15-$20 cheaper than the > listed price). And lo and behold, it really does work in Linux. I had > been lead to believe that it would show up under /dev/sda1, but instead > it is under /dev/sdb1. Maybe that's because I've got a zip drive, which > is /dev/sda4. > Of course, now that I've got it, the creative juices are > running. I'm wondering if I can partition it (ext2/vfat). Or using it as > a bootdisk. Or better yet, a mini Linux distro. Does anyone know if > most modern BIOSs can boot from USB (since it is essentially a USB mass > storage device)? Of coure, my address book and bookmark file goes on > there. > Now soliciting for cool/neat/practical ideas of what I can do > with this thing! AFAIK this thingie uses flash, and flash memory has a limited number of write cycles. Use it sparingly and back it up often. florin -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011027/1705d039/attachment.pgp